What are some of the things you look for though from the outset? Like what are some of the things that feel quite clear to you that something may be happening that aligns with that kind of

diagnosis? I think teachers are quite good at picking things up because they see children all the time and they see the spectrum of behaviours.

So if a teacher's been concerned and parents come in because of concerns at school, I do take that seriously, but I try to nut that out more.

And if I can get a report from a teacher or speak to a teacher, that's very helpful as well.

Regardless of what symptom is concerning, I try and figure out the history of that symptom.

Has it only been a month of that symptom or has this been an issue for a long time? So difficulty focusing and concentrating.

Is that only in the last month's Or is that being something that you've noticed with your child since they were two or three? Same with as the children get older and into adolescence is focus and concentration and organisation an issue.

What were you referring to with stigma? Oh...

Yeah.

"Is it so that you...

Is it something that you can use for yourself so that you feel like, 'Okay, but this is not all in my head'? Or is it that for school, the teachers, uh, and whoever the support network is at school needs to understand what your special needs are and to allow you to get extra consideration or special consideration?"

Yeah.

Particularly when parents came to me with a child who had a fever, and they would be so anxious.

[laughs] So anxious, going to emergency in the middle of the night for a fever, and I just could not understand.

Why would you go to emergency in the middle of the night with a fever? Until I had my own children.